Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1422714AbWBIAKu (ORCPT ); Wed, 8 Feb 2006 19:10:50 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1422715AbWBIAKu (ORCPT ); Wed, 8 Feb 2006 19:10:50 -0500 Received: from spooner.celestial.com ([192.136.111.35]:6577 "EHLO spooner.celestial.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1422714AbWBIAKt (ORCPT ); Wed, 8 Feb 2006 19:10:49 -0500 Date: Wed, 8 Feb 2006 19:10:48 -0500 From: Kurt Wall To: Linux-Kernel Subject: Re: "Changelog-2.6.15": missing signoffs, descriptions Message-ID: <20060209001048.GA6279@kurtwerks.com> Mail-Followup-To: Linux-Kernel References: <43E935BA.8050605@tlinx.org> <43E943FD.7090508@tlinx.org> <20060208193202.GA8275@agluck-lia64.sc.intel.com> <43EA7680.6000207@tlinx.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i X-Operating-System: Linux 2.6.16-rc1-mm5krw X-Woot: Woot! Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1359 Lines: 36 On Wed, Feb 08, 2006 at 03:00:01PM -0800, Randy.Dunlap took 50 lines to write: > On Wed, 8 Feb 2006, Linda Walsh wrote: > > > Luck, Tony wrote: > > > On Tue, Feb 07, 2006 at 05:06:05PM -0800, Linda Walsh wrote: > > > > > >> Actually, ("talking" to myself?), parsing this file a bit more, > > >> I find many (~134) that are missing "Sign-offs". > > >> > > >> I take it that "Sign-off"s are also "optional" on commits > > >> and represent that the author specified under the "commit" > > >> tag did not need a "Sign-off"? [...] > Linda, did you have some other point that you are trying to get to, > or is that it? There are real efforts being made, although not > perfect. That happens when people are involved. > Anyway, it feels like you are just getting to the surface/edge > of your complaint. The way I read this thread, I thought the complaint was that she's having difficulty writing one or more tools to process the changes automatically. Perhaps I'm not seeing past the surface. Kurt -- On a paper submitted by a physicist colleague: "This isn't right. This isn't even wrong." -- Wolfgang Pauli - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/